Cord and twine cutter.



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CORD AND TWINE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1.914.

1,158,159. Patented 00126, 1915.

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SILAS BALL, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

CORD AND TWINE CUTTER/t Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 26, 1915.

Application filed February 25, 1914. Serial No. 820,952.

T on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAs BALL, a citizen of the United States, residingat West Orange, in the county of EsseX and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cord and Twine Cutters;and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and eXactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cordand twine cutters and has for its primary object to provide a device ofthis character which will be of extremely simple construction, and whichmay be readily secured upon a counter or other suitable support, andwhich will be constructed in such a manner that danger of catching thefingers beneath the cutting knife will be eliminated.

Another object is to provide a device of this character in which thebase plate will be provided with a guard member adjacent the point ofthe curved cutting blade having a lower cutting face and also mountedupon the base plate, the guard also serving to guide the twine toposition beneath the blade.

A further object is to generally improve and simplify the constructionof devices of this character and increase the efficiency thereof withoutincreasing the cost of the same.

WVith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my in- I vention, reference is to be hadto the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a top plan view of my invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation viewthereof, Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, partly in section, and Fig.4 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the plane of line 4.-1 ofFig. 1.

. Referring more particularly to the drawings in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts through the several views, 1designates the base plate which is provided with a plurality of openings2 to receive the securing members 3 by which the base plate may besecured upon a counter or other suitable support.

A cutting blade 1 is secured longitudinally of the base plate 1 and in avertical plane by rivets 7 positioned through the angularly directedflange 8 thereof. The blade A is pointed, as indicated at 6, and thepointed end thereof is directed downwardly toward the base plate 1,defining a concave lower edge 5 which is sharpened to provide a cuttingedge. A curved guard and guide member 9 is formed at the opposite end ofthe base plate 1 by striking a tongue upwardly out of said base plate 1,and bending up the material within the same. The free end of the guardmember 9 is curved to define a concave lower surface 9 and is directedtoward and spaced from the pointed end 6 of the blade 41-, whereby saidmemher 9 will serve as a guard and prevent engagement of the operatorsfingers with the end of the blade A and will also serve to properlyguide the cord or twine to be cut beneath said blade.

From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent that I have provided acord and twine cutter of extremely simple construction and operation andwhich may be read ily and cheaply manufactured, and will be highlyefficient in use.

l/Vhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A cord cutter comprising asheet metal base plate, a cutting blade secured to said base platedisposed longitudinally of the latter and in a vertical plane and havinga pointed end directed toward said base plate to define a concaved lowercutting edge and a flat guard member struck out from In testimonywhereof I affix my signature said sheet metal base plate under thep0intin presence of two witness:

ed end of said cutting blade curved to de- SIL B I fine a convex topsurface, a concave lower AD surface and having the free end directedWitnesses:

toward and spaced from the pointed enr. PAULINE M. VAN DENDEREN,

of said cutting blade. 7 MARY ELLA BALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, "D. C.

